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The Moon on Monday, May 28, 1917: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 45.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

First Quarter at

23:33UTC

Moon phase on May 28, 1917First Quarter

Monday 28 May 1917404,030 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 28, 1917, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.6% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
404,030 km251,053 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1917 is on Tuesday, June 5, 1917 at 13:06 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 21, 1917 at 00:47 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 21, 191700:47
First Quarter (this day)Monday, May 28, 191723:33
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, June 5, 191713:06

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Monday, May 28, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 21, 1917 to the new moon of June 19, 1917, a cycle of 29.51 days.